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FLAT RIVER GIRL (Beck "Lore of the Lumber Camps" version A from Bill McBride)

1. I'm a broken-hearted raftsman, from Greenville I came.
I courted a lassie, a lass of great fame.
But cruel-hearted Cupid has caused me much grief;
My heart it's asunder, I can ne'er find relief.

2. My troubles I'll tell you without more delay,
A comely young lassie my heart stole away;
She was a blacksmith's only daughter from Flat River side,
And I always intended for to make her my bride.

3. I brought her rich jewels and the finest of lace;
With the costliest of muslins it was her I'd embrace.
I gave her my wages for her to keep safe;
I begrudged her nothing that I had myself.

4. My name is Jack Haggerty where the white waters flow;
My name it's engraved on the rocks of the shore.
I'm a boy that stands happy on a log in the streams.
My heart was with Hannah, for she haunted my dreams.

5. I went up the river some money to make;
I was steadfast and steady, I ne'er played the rake.
Through Hart and through Shelby I am very well known:
They call me Jack Haggerty, the pride of the town

6. One day on the river a letter I received
That it was from her promises herself she'd relieved;
She'd be wed to a young man, who a long time delayed,
And the next time I'd see her she would not be a maid.

7. Then adieu to Flat River. For me there's no rest:
I'll shoulder my peavey, and I'll go out West;
I'll go to Muskegon some pleasures to find,
And I'll leave my own Flat River darling behind

8. So come all you jolly raftsmen with hearts stout and true,
Don't depend on a woman; you're sunk if you do.
And if you chance to see one with dark chestnut curls,
Just think of Jack Haggerty and his Flat River girl.